Refrigerator



A. SIMONS.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25, 1921.

Patented. Sept. 19,1922,

Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

o sa? gaat@ ANDREW SIMO-NS, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application lecl November 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,597.

T 0 all whom it ymay concern.'

Be it known that l, ANDREW SiMoNs, la citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Haven,in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan,haveinwented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to structures (such as refrigerators)having chambers with a partition between them having an openingtherethrough; and its object is to provide improved linings for suchchambers, one lining having a hollow neck formed integrally therewithand extending thereinto and outwardly therefrom and affording communication between the interiors of the liningsgand further, to providesuch linings and neck so formed and assembled that theL linings maypresentat their meeting point an internal surfacesubstantiallynondivergent from 'a direct line in the neckslongitudinaldirection, thus providing a lining for the structure which shall besanitary and readily kept clean.

These and any other objects hereinafter appearing are attained by, andthe invention finds preferable 'embodiment in, the struclturehereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification andillustrated 'by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is asectional view of a portion of a structure of the character referred to,as a refrigerator, taken on a vertical plane corresponding to line 1-1o-f Figures 2, 3 and 4; 1 Figure 2 is a top plan view of the bottom wallof the lining for the upper chamber seen in Figure 1;, l Figure 3 is asectional view of said lining taken on a horizontal plane correspondingto line 3 3 of Figure l;

Figure 4 is a sectional view of said structure and its lining taken o,na horizontal planedcorresponding to line 1r-4c of Figure 1; an 1 Figure5 is a sectional lview similar to Figure 1, but showing a modifiedconstruction.

Refrigerators. and the like commonly have two chambers with air passagesthrough the partition which separates such chambers, the upper chambercontaining the ice and the lower chamber containing the provisions andthe like. These chambers are commonly provided with linings extendingthrough such passages. Water from the melting ice is likely to fall fromthe ice chamber intol the provision chamber, unless means be provided toprevent it from so doing. p

In the views, the refrigerator 1 has a frame 2 with a door openingindicated at v3 (Fig. 2) and comprising walls enclosing the upper or icechamber 5 and lower or provision chamber 6 with the horizontallyextending partition 7 between such chamf bers, this partition having anopening 8 therethrough. The upper chamber 5 has a lining 9 ofsuitable'material, such as the metallic porcelained sheets commonlyemployed for lining refrigerators. The bottom wall 10 of this liningextends integrally, first upwardly or'i'nwardly at 11 and thendownwardly or outwardly at 12 to form a hollow neck 13 which neckextends, thus integral with the lining 9 inwardly into the interior ofsaid lining and outwardly into the opening 8. A second lining 111 ofmaterial similar to the lining 9 is provided for the lower or icechamber 6, and has an upwardly outwardly lextending hollow neck 15, oneof said necks, v13 or 15, extending into the other.

It will be seen .that the reverse 12 of the bottom of the upper lining 9forms a dam which prevents water in theupper lining from fiowing intothe lower lining..

In order to providel a lining which shall be sanitary and readily. keptclean, the outer or lower portion of the neck 13 of the upper Y lining 9is expanded in cross section at 16 to receive the upper end of the neck15 of the lining 14 of the lower chamber. By this construction theassembled linings 'present at their meeting point an internal surfacesubstantially non-divergent from a direct line in the longitudinaldirection of the assembled necks 13, 15. A drain pipe from the upper orice chamber is shown at 17.

ln Figure 5, a collar 18 connecting the linings of the upper and lowerchambers is shown. This collar hasv expanded end portions 19 and 20receiving respectively the neck 131 of the upper lining 91 and the neck151 of the lowerY lining 14:1. The linings 91 and 141 being preferablyporcelained on bend at 11, i

their inner surfaces, the collar 18 is prefer- By formwith a damsurrounding its passage tothe lower chamber, for the reason that theoperation of connecting the upper and lower linings is liable to crackthe porcelain. But inasmuch as in my construction the linings areconnected by a slip joint at their necks, this danger is eliminated.This slip joint construction also permits the linings to beconnected'although the frame portions supporting their bottomsrespectivelyl may be at varying distances apart.

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims, is not tobe limited to or by. details` of construction" of the particularembodiment thereof illustrated by the drawi'nrs or hereinbeforedescribed.

claim:

1. In a structure of the character described having two chambers with apartition between them having an opening therethrough; a lining for onechamber, one of whose walls extends integrally first inwardly and thenoutwardly to form a hollow neck extending inwardly into the space.enclosed by said lining and outwardly into said opening, said neckhaving an' outer end portion expanded in cross section; a second liningfor the other chamber having an outwardly extending hollow neckextending into said expanded endv portion of the first mentioned liningsneck.

2. In a structure of the character described having two'chambers with aparti-l having two chambers with a partition be tween them having anopening therethrough; a porcelained lining for one chamber, one of whosewalls extends integrally first inwardly and then outwardly to form ahollow neck extending inwardly into the space enclosed by said lining; asecond lining for the other chamber having an outwardly extending hollowneck, connected to the nec of the first mentioned lining.

4.. In a' structure of the character described having two chambers witha partition between them having an opening therethrough; a lining forone chamber, one of whose walls extends integrally first inwardly landthen outwardly to form a hollow neck extending inwardly into the spaceenclosed by said lin- Iing; a second liningl forthe other chamber havingan outwardly extending hollow neck;

"a collar having its end ortions expanded in cross section, said enportions receiving the said necks respectively.

In testimon whereof I haive'hereunto set my hand at rand Rapids,iMichigan, this 19th day of November, 1921.5

' ANDREW SIMONS.

